James Berry

Background

Berry was born in Kingston, Ontario to English solicitor Edward Berry of Croydon, London and was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and Street Bartholomew"s Hospital.

Education

Studied at Whitgift School. Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital (Scholar). Bachelor of Surgery.

Career

He then served as house surgeon at Street Bartholomew"s to Sir Thomas Smith, and was demonstrator of anatomy. In 1885 he became surgeon to the Alexandra Hospital for Diseases of the Hip, in Queen Square but in 1891 was elected consulting surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital. There he established a reputation for surgery of cleft palates, a condition from which he himself suffered, and the treatment of goitre.

He was President of the Medical Society of London, 1921-1922 and President of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1926-1928.

He was knighted in the 1925 Birthday Honours. He retired in 1927 and was elected consulting surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital.

He died childless in 1946.

Works

• book

  • Diseases of the thyroid gland and their surgical treatment

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • Diseases of the Thyroid Gland and Their Surgical Treatment - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • Diseases of the Thyroid Gland and Their Surgical Treatment 1901 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 393. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

Membership

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Club: National Liberal.